Improvement in stove-legs



it W. BOURN.

Stove-Leg.

N0.19,8,073. Patented Dec. 11,1877

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI WILLIAM BOURN, OF GENEVA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOVE-LEGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,073, dated December11,1877; application filed April 10, 1877.

7 To all whom it may concern:

Geneva, in the county of Ontario, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in StoveLegs; and 1 do herebydeclare that the following is afull, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

The figure represents the bottom plate of a round stove, showing thedovetail cleats in which the leg-shanks are to slide.

This invention relates to the manner of fastening the legs to a stove,so that they may be readily put in place and securely held there, oreasily removed when desired.

A is the bottom plate of a stove having the cleats a a. cast thereon andmade dovetail, as is usual. I11 one of the cleats, a, of each set thereis formed a recess, the inner surface of which is curved in form topermit the turning of a cam, B, which is pivoted to the bottom of plateA, outside of said cleats, so that when turned, as at No. 1, the campasses into the curved space 0, which is made in the shank of the leg 0,as shown in the figure.

- This arrangement of the cam enables it to' hold the leg firmly in itssocket even though it only touches one side thereof, asthe opera tion ofturning the cam will force the leg to the side of the same which isopposite to the cam, which is provided with a handle, for readilyturning it for securing or releasing the leg. I

I am aware of a patent granted to John Gibson on the 26th of January,1869, .and No. 86,147, in which there is shown and described a camwhich, when in position to hold theleg in position, pressesthe same intocontact with the bottom plate of the stove, but which, in this respect,difl'ers essentially from mine. I am also aware that the said Gibsonshows a cam which, when in position, bears against a pin in orprojection upon the leg; but this differs from mine in the respect abovereferred to. I do not claim either form of fastening shown by saidGibson; but

What I claim is The stove-leg fastening herein described, consisting ofa cam located in a recessformed within the flange of the socket, andpassing, when in use, into a curved recess formed in the leg of thestove, it being in combination with said leg, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM BOURN.

